Author Topic: My new free VW turbo diesel quantum :-D  (Read 5500 times)

June 08, 2008, 05:05:41 pm

jackbombay

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« on: June 08, 2008, 05:05:41 pm »
This car was one of my buddies, He bought it 4 years ago in Denver and drove it back to eastern Idaho at 70-75 MPH, he got 48 MPG. He drove it for a couple years commuting over the steep ass long pass close by here. He had the timing belt swapped at a shop that has done some hit and miss work on VW diesels over the years, well, he was driving it home and it either blew a head gasket of melted a hole in a piston, this was driving up the 3 miles of %10 grade, he said he typically cruised up it at 45 MPH, pedal on the floor the whole time, but it had done that for 2 years prior to the Tbelt change, I think maybe they didn't get the timing right so it was running hotter then normal, retarded timing.

  At any rate it was a "I just want it out of my yard." Scenario, now its in my yard 8)

  The car has 140k on it and is in really good shape, a little dent in the passenger side front quarter panel, but all and all, no rust, and a very clean interior. Its an 84, and came with new snow tires on separate wheels and some "ski racks". And a decent CD palyer.

  Pics, turbo diesel quantum, not a wagon, but still rad.





















  It'll be a bit before I really have time to get this going, maybe as late as this winter, but I'm building a garage now so I'll have a war m place to work on it :-D

Reply #1June 08, 2008, 05:09:45 pm

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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2008, 05:09:45 pm »
awesome. i wish i could find somone that would give me a free td
1986 Golf 1.6l non turbo (R.I.P.)
1999.5 jetta (bought with 122145)
1969 karmann ghia(diesel swap dream)(most likely going to be subaru powered)
1998 jetta tdi (parents car)

Reply #2June 08, 2008, 06:03:46 pm

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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2008, 06:03:46 pm »
Very nice. I love the "Biodiesel, no war needed" sticker
Tyler

Reply #3June 08, 2008, 06:31:25 pm

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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2008, 06:31:25 pm »
Well I just hooked up a vacuum pump to the output of the injection pump, drew fuel through it and then jumped it with 2 cars and it started! But as the Previous owner said, it was running on 3 cylinders, maybe 2, and it wouldn't "clean up" with more RPMs, I only wound it up to 2500 RPM or so, but still way rough.

  I'm going to test the compression now, see what that shows...

  Seems like it could be a burnt valve too now that I think about it some more.

Reply #4June 16, 2008, 12:17:58 am

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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2008, 12:17:58 am »
nice score!!!
I repair, maintain and modify VW's and BMW's.
Good work done at affordable rates. Welding and fabricating, too.
Performance Diesel Injection's Super Pump: gotta have one!

Reply #5June 28, 2008, 08:12:26 am

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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2008, 08:12:26 am »
compression test results?
Tyler